219. DENISONIA. . 339 
olive-brown, with two yellowish streaks on each side, one along the 
upper lip, the other from behind the eye along the temple; dark 
grey or black beneath, 
Total length 640 millim. ; tail 120, 
Queensland, New South Wales. 
a. So (V. 160; C. 56). Cape York. 
6,¢. Hgr. ¢ (V.163; C.55) Clarence R. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
& 2 (V. 165; C. 49). 
“~ 3 (V. 168, 153; Macquarie R. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
. P, 49), 
SF. Yg. (V. 170; C. 47). New South Wales. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
g. Yg. (V. 156; C. 41), Australia, Haslar Collection. ~ 
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8. Denisonia demelii, (Pxrare XVIII. fig. 3.) 
Hoplecepbalus demelii, Giinth. Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, xii. 1876, 
p. 46; F. Mill. Verh. Nat. Ges, Basel, vi. 1878, p. 695. 
— suboccipitalis, Douglas Ogilby, Rec. Austral. Mus. ii. 1892, 
p. 28. 
Eye longer than its distance from the mouth. Rostral broader 
than deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals two thirds the 
length of the preefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as broad, 
not twice as broad as the supraocular, a little longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 
nasal single, in contact with the single preocular ; two postoculars ; 
temporals 242, lower anterior wedged in between the fifth and 
sixth upper labials; six upper labials, third and fourth entering 
the eye; three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are as long as or shorter than the posterior. 
Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 147-168; anal divided; subcaudals 
33-45. Olive above, head darker, blackish on the temples, 
entirely black in the young; yellowish white beneath. 
Total length 380 millim. ; tail 60, 
Queensland. 
a-b. Sg (Vv. 160; C. 39) & Peak Downs. Museum Godefroy. 
her. (V. 147; C. 33). (Types.) 
ce. Yg. (V. 158; C, 46). Queensland. 
9. Denisonia suta. 
Hoplocephalus sutus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac, 1863, p. 234. 
Eye longer than its distance from the mouth. Rostral twice as 
broad as deep, just visible from above; internasals half as long as 
the preefrontals; frontal once and one third as long as broad, twice 
as broad as the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of 
the snout, nearly as long as the parietals; nasal entire, in contact 
with the single preocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 2+ 2, lower 
anterior wedged in between the fifth and sixth labials ; six upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye; three lower labials in 
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